Patents by Inventor Poul N&phgr;rgaard Poulsen

Poul N&phgr;rgaard Poulsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Chewing gum to control malodorous breath
    Patent number: 6592849
    Abstract: A chewing gum composition for controlling malodorous breath when chewed comprising a gum base having present therein a breath freshening amount of a water soluble zinc ion releasing salt and a phosphate salt mixture of alkali metal pyrophosphate and polyphosphate salts at a weight ratio of about 2:1 to 1:3 whereby the presence of the phosphate salt mixture enhances and extends the release of the zinc ion during the period of chewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Richard S. Robinson, Timothy E. Bruce, John P. Curtis, Donna M. Vroom, Bernie P. Blackwell, Poul N&phgr;rgaard Poulsen, Lars Gyldenvang